The Daily Audio Bible

7 The sons of Yissakhar were: Tola, Pu’ah, Yashuv and Shimron — four.

² The sons of Tola were: ‘Uzi, Refayah, Yeri’el, Yachmai, Yivsam and Sh’mu’el. They were heads of their fathers’ clans, descended from Tola; they were strong, brave men in their generations. In the time of David they numbered 22,600.

³ The son of ‘Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha’el, ‘Ovadyah, Yo’el and Yishiyah — five, all of them leaders. ⁴ With them, by their generations, in their fathers’ clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children. ⁵ Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.

⁶ [The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y’dia‘el — three.

⁷ The sons of Bela were: Etzbon, ‘Uzi, ‘Uzi’el, Yerimot and ‘Iri — five; they were leaders of fathers’ clans, strong, brave men. They numbered 22,034, listed in genealogical records.

⁸ The sons of Bekher were: Z’mirah, Yo’ash, Eli‘ezer, Elyo‘enai, ‘Omri, Yeremot, Aviyah, ‘Anatot and ‘Alemet; all these were sons of Bekher. ⁹ Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers’ clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.

¹⁰ The son of Y’dia‘el was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were: Ye‘ush, Binyamin, Ehud, Kena‘anah, Zeitan, Tarshish and Achishachar. ¹¹ All these were descendants of Y’dia‘el, leaders of their fathers’ clans, who were brave, strong men; they numbered 17,200, all fit to fight with the army.

¹² [More descendants of Binyamin:] Shupim, Hupim, the sons of ‘Ir.

Hushim, the son of another [of Isra’el’s sons, namely, Dan].

¹³ The sons of Naftali were: Yachtzi’el, Guni, Yetzer, Shalum, the sons of Bilhah.

¹⁴ The descendants of M’nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil‘ad; Asri’el [Gil‘ad’s son] was descended from her. ¹⁵ Makhir’s wife was from the families of Hupim and Shupim, and his sister’s name was Ma‘akhah. M’nasheh’s second son was Tz’lof’chad, and Tz’lof’chad had daughters. ¹⁶ Ma‘akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son whom she named Peresh, the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. ¹⁷ The son of Ulam was B’dan. These were the descendants of Gil‘ad the son of Makhir the son of M’nasheh. ¹⁸ His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi‘ezer and Machlah. ¹⁹ The sons of Sh’mida were Achyan, Sh’khem, Lik’chi and Ani‘am.

²⁰ The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El‘adah, his son Tachat, ²¹ his son Zavad and his son Shutelach; also ‘Ezer and El‘ad, whom the men of Gat born in the land killed when they came down to raid their cattle. ²² Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him. ²³ Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B’ri‘ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity. ²⁴ His daughter was She’erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She’erah. ²⁵ Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan ²⁶ his son La‘dan, his son ‘Ammihud, his son Elishama, ²⁷ his son Nun and his son Y’hoshua.

²⁸ Their possessions and settlements were Beit-El with its towns; Na‘aran to the east; and to the west, Gezer with its towns; also Sh’khem with its towns, as far as ‘Ayah and its towns; ²⁹ and, near the territory of the descendants of M’nasheh, Beit-Sh’an with its towns, Ta‘nakh with its towns, Megiddo with its towns and Dor with its towns. In these places lived the descendants of Yosef the son of Isra’el.

³⁰ The children of Asher were: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B’ri‘ah and their sister Serach. ³¹ The sons of B’ri‘ah were: Hever and Malki’el, who fathered Birzayit. ³² Hever fathered Yaflet, Shomer, Hotam and their sister Shua. ³³ The sons of Yaflet were: Pasakh, Bimhal and ‘Ashvat; these were the sons of Yaflet. ³⁴ The sons of Shemer were: Achi, Rohgah, Hubah and Aram. ³⁵ The sons of his brother Helem were: Zofach, Yimnah, Shelesh and ‘Amal. ³⁶ The sons of Zofach were: Suach, Harnefer, Shu‘al, Beri, Yimrah, ³⁷ Betzer, Hod, Shama, Shilshah, Yitran and Be’era. ³⁸ The sons of Yeter were: Y’funeh, Pispah and Ara. ³⁹ The sons of ‘Ula were: Arach, Hani’el and Ritzya. ⁴⁰ All these were descendants of Asher, leaders of their fathers’ clans, elite, strong, brave men, the most important of the princes. Those fit for battle service, listed in genealogies, numbered 26,000 men.

8 Binyamin fathered Bela his firstborn son; his second, Ashbel; his third, Achrach; ² his fourth, Nochah; and his fifth, Rafa. ³ Bela had sons: Adar, Gera, Avihud, ⁴ Avishua, Na‘aman, Achoach, ⁵ Gera, Sh’fufan and Huram. ⁶ These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers’ clans among the inhabitants of Geva (they were carried away captive to Manachat; ⁷ those who carried them off were Na‘aman, Achiyah and Gera): he fathered ‘Uzah and Achichud. ⁸ Shacharayim fathered children on the plains of Mo’av; after sending away his wives Hushim and Ba‘ara, ⁹ it was through his wife Hodesh that he fathered: Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰ Ye‘utz, Sokhya and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of clans. ¹¹ Through Hushim he fathered Avituv and Elpa‘al. ¹² The sons of Elpa‘al: ‘Ever, Mish‘am, Shemed — he built Ono and Lod with its towns — ¹³ and B’ri‘ah and Shema — they were heads of fathers’ clans among the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the people living in Gat.

¹⁴ Achyo, Shashak, Yeremot, ¹⁵ Z’vadyah, ‘Arad, ‘Eder, ¹⁶ Mikha’el, Yishpah and Yocha were the sons of B’ri‘ah. ¹⁷ Z’vadyah, Meshulam, Hizki, Hever, ¹⁸ Yishm’rai, Yizli’ah and Yovav were the sons of Elpa‘al. ¹⁹ Yakim, Zikhri, Zavdi, ²⁰ Eli‘einai, Tziltai, Eli’el, ²¹ ‘Adayah, B’rayah and Shimrat were the sons of Shim‘i. ²² Yishpan, ‘Eved, Eli’el, ²³ ‘Avdon, Zikhri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananyah, ‘Eilam, ‘Anatotyah, ²⁵ Yifdeyah and P’nu’el were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶ Shamsh’rai, Sh’charyah, ‘Atalyah, ²⁷ Ya‘areshyah, Eliyah and Zikhri were the sons of Yerocham. ²⁸ These were leaders of fathers’ houses through all their generations, leading men who lived in Yerushalayim.

²⁹ In Giv‘on lived the father of Giv‘on, whose wife’s name was Ma‘akhah; ³⁰ and his firstborn son ‘Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba‘al, Nadav, ³¹ G’dor, Achyo and Zekher. ³² Miklot fathered Shim’ah. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

³³ Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha’ul; and Sha’ul fathered Y’honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba‘al. ³⁴ The son of Y’honatan was M’riv-Ba‘al, and M’riv-Ba‘al fathered Mikhah. ³⁵ The sons of Mikhah: Piton, Melekh, Ta’rea and Achaz. ³⁶ Achaz fathered Y’ho‘adah; Y’ho‘adah fathered ‘Alemet, ‘Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza; ³⁷ and Motza fathered Bin‘a. His son was Rafah, his son was El‘asah and his son was Atzel. ³⁸ Atzel had six sons, whose names were: ‘Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma‘el, Sh‘aryah, ‘Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel. ³⁹ The sons of his brother ‘Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Ye‘ush the second and Elifelet the third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were strong, brave men, archers; they had many children and grandchildren, a hundred and fifty. All these were descendants of Binyamin.

27 Once it had been decided that we should set sail for Italy, they handed Sha’ul and some other prisoners over to an officer of the Emperor’s Regiment named Julius. ² We embarked in a ship from Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. ³ The next day, we landed at Tzidon; and Julius considerately allowed Sha’ul to go visit his friends and receive what he needed. ⁴ Putting to sea from there, we sailed close to the sheltered side of Cyprus because the winds were against us, ⁵ then across the open sea along the coasts of Cilicia and Pamphylia; and so we reached Myra in Lycia.

⁶ There the Roman officer found an Alexandrian vessel sailing to Italy and put us aboard. ⁷ For a number of days we made little headway, and we arrived off Cnidus only with difficulty. The wind would not let us continue any farther along the direct route; so we ran down along the sheltered side of Crete from Cape Salmone; ⁸ and, continuing to struggle on, hugging the coast, we reached a place called Pleasant Harbor, near the town of Lasea.

⁹ Since much time had been lost, and continuing the voyage was risky, because it was already past Yom-Kippur, Sha’ul advised them, ¹⁰ “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be a catastrophe, not only with huge losses to the cargo and the ship but with loss of our lives as well.” ¹¹ However, the officer paid more attention to the pilot and the ship’s owner than to what Sha’ul said. ¹² Moreover, since the harbor was not well suited to sitting out the winter, the majority reached the decision to sail on from there in the hope of reaching Phoenix, another harbor in Crete, and wintering there, where it is protected from the southwest and northwest winds.

¹³ When a gentle southerly breeze began to blow, they thought that they had their goal within grasp; so they raised the anchor and started coasting by Crete close to shore. ¹⁴ But before long there struck us from land a full gale from the northeast, the kind they call an Evrakilon. ¹⁵ The ship was caught up and unable to face the wind, so we gave way to it and were driven along.

¹⁶ As we passed into the lee of a small island called Cauda, we managed with strenuous effort to get control of the lifeboat. ¹⁷ They hoisted it aboard, then fastened cables tightly around the ship itself to reinforce it. Fearing they might run aground on the Syrtis sandbars, they lowered the topsails and thus continued drifting. ¹⁸ But because we were fighting such heavy weather, the next day they began to jettison non-essentials; ¹⁹ and the third day, they threw the ship’s sailing equipment overboard with their own hands. ²⁰ For many days neither the sun nor the stars appeared, while the storm continued to rage, until gradually all hope of survival vanished.